Dan and Marco discuss the Mac Pro's relevance, the effects of RAM and FileVault on performance, the App Store Volume Purchase discount, how well Instapaper for Android is doing, why The Daily failed, deciding whether articles belong on blogs or in The Mag

On this happy Cyber Monday, Dan and Marco discuss journalists mangling quotes, the decline of upgradeable hardware, how to tell if a price is negotiable, why many publications don't take full advantage of Newsstand, protecting assets inside app bundles, a

Dan and Marco discuss the upcoming end of the show, Scott Forstall and MC Hammer, Passbook apps and promotion, how to decide when to start a new project, PayPal's subscription problems, and the economics of one-time app payments.

Dan and Marco discuss settings in the Settings app, full-screen modes, text adjustment options in Instapaper and The Magazine, choosing fonts for apps, building a custom CMS versus customizing an existing one, and more.

Dan and Marco discuss the Microsoft Surface commercial and its likely launch challenges, writing apps that align with Apple's incentives, The Magazine's naming and design decisions, and recognizing and fixing a poor design choice.

Dan and Marco discuss non-U.S. universities on CVs, which old iOS devices to keep for testing, prototyping new ideas, why Marco's still not using storyboards, ARC, Core Data, or autolayout, and the boom of relevance and activity on App.net.

Dan and Marco discuss initial impressions of the iPhone 5, rapid iOS 6 adoption and when it may be safe to require it, Feedburner's demise, B.S. in Computer Science degrees versus related degrees, and the economics of limited-edition apps.

Dan and Marco discuss Amazon's new Kindles, the differing goals of Apple and Amazon, why the tablet market is so different from the PC market and who stands to win and lose, the Enlight 7237, and the longevity of open APIs.

Dan and Marco discuss TextMate, business developer account migrations and DUNS numbers, the value of Apple's retail stores, creating a brand before its apps, healthcare and taxes, and Instapaper browser extensions.

Dan and marco discuss abandoned software, Twitter's token limit and how they should change to become a $40 billion company, revealing development plans, Instapaper's operating costs, and home network wiring.

Dan and Marco discuss Twitter's controversial API-policy changes, why they want (and need) to enforce them, their incentives and motivations, why this is different from the App Store, decentralized solutions, and worms.

Dan and Marco discuss how to research and find good products, portable and window air conditioners, the unfortunate status of TextMate 2 and the search for alternatives, Sparrow's business and acquisition, and App.net's chances of success.

Dan and Marco discuss cable TV, HBO, and piracy, challenges that Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface will face with developer and enterprise adoption, why other Retina Mac models may take longer than we expect, the case for Instapaper offering a "mobilizer",

Dan and Marco discuss the results of the Starbucks promotion, why it's different from making a free version of the app, Instapaper's price experiment, originality in customer-submitted ideas, the costs of filing and enforcing patents, and Marco's new-old

In this truly big week, Dan and Marco discuss Instapaper's ad on Howard Stern, the Android app launch, the Starbucks App Of The Week, background location updates with geofencing, and conservative predictions about the TBA sessions at WWDC.

With Marco on paternity leave this week, Dan is joined by Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software. They discuss the origins of Daniel's flagship product, MarsEdit, the long hours often required of independent developers, and more.

Dan and Marco discuss the "www" prefix, Eye-Fi with Aperture, using Kickstarter to fund large software projects, iPad Warmgate, being featured in the App Store, customer reactions to requiring iOS 5, instant coffee, and theoretical 3G-equipped MacBooks.

Dan and Marco discuss the value of accountants, taxing, 1099s, Japanese withholding on App Store sales, Internet Explorer's recent improvements and browser testing, and why this show often isn't about programming and APIs.

Dan and Marco discuss mute switches, the cost of settings, bad broadband, deciding which features to implement, design and prototyping processes, and why the Nintendo 64 and first Xbox deserve a lot of credit.

Dan and Marco discuss inverted Aeropresses, what Marco would do if he were in charge of Starbucks, app marketing responses and being featured in the App Store, avoiding creepy mobile analytics, and static blogging engines.

Dan and Marco discuss Andy Ihnatko's defense of the Kindle Fire, cheap versus bad, consumer priorities, what happens when your product gets canned before it ships, preparing for a Retina iPad, how to market your app, and every indie developer being a mill

Dan and Marco discuss the end of mobile Flash, the potential end of desktop Flash and Silverlight, reservations about the Kindle Fire's sales potential, career advice to programmers, and the difficult practicalities and economics of RSS sync platforms.

Dan and Marco discuss the MacBook Pro update, what an Apple television might be like, VoiceOver considerations and testing for your apps, power switches on computers, and encouraging words from Hacker News.

Dan and Marco discuss Steve Jobs and Apple's future, the iPhone 4S and hardware tradeoffs, how awesome smartphone cameras have transformed how we use and buy cameras, the possibility of a Siri API, and the difficulty in finding good beta testers.

Dan and Marco discuss developing for the old and new Kindles, HTC's security vulnerability and Android's problems deploying updates, iOS 5's behavior with apps' Documents and Caches directories, the sound of judgment, and how vagaries in App Review rules

Dan and Marco discuss the Netflix/Qwickster split and then devote the rest of the episode to Windows 8 and Metro: how the desktop, iOS, Android, and Metro interfaces scale to accommodate more features over time, the shortcomings of gesture-based touch int

Dan and Marco discuss TechCrunch (sorry), the Kindle Tablet's prospects for developers and ramifications of forking Android, Second Crack and Dropbox, clipboard history apps, Marco's new (almost-) single-computer setup, Time Machine options, and shipping

Dan and Marco discuss Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO, HP's additional manufacturing run of TouchPads, the theoretical Amazon tablet, returning to the single-computer world when so many others are leaving it, and why it made so much sense to buy the curren

Ryan Irelan takes over while Dan's on paternity leave, and he and Marco discuss what Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility means for other Android device manufacturers, how this changes the future of Android, whether "Android under the hood" devices shou

Dan and Marco revisit patents and then discuss various types of jobs in the tech industry: how certain languages qualify you more for certain jobs, the myth of job security, the partial myth of being your own boss, big companies versus small, full-time wo

Dan and Marco discuss version numbers as marketing, Twitter's sponsored tweets, the incredibly exciting world of home networking speeds, the baggage of browser chrome in web apps, needing to be more "fair" toward Google, and meaningless corporate entities

Dan and Marco discuss Amazon's Appstore problems, Google+'s member limits and compiled HTML, when and why you should stray from UIKit, and a special bonus episode extension on the practicalities of the MacBook Airs and other Macs.

Dan and Marco discuss work-life balance and time management for self-employed people, APIs and sync-services for apps, long-term economics of one-time purchases with ongoing costs, and choosing a new Mac for production work.

Dan and Marco discuss Interface Builder vs. coding views manually, CORS and extreme iframe geekery, the impact of Apple or strong competition entering your market, the oversupply of App Stores, and whether competing tablets are too late to have a chance i

Fresh from Webstock in New Zealand, Marco Arment returns to talk with Dan Benjamin about the recent In App Purchasing situation, the iPad 2, Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt) ports on the upcoming MacBooks, and more.

Dan and Marco revisit The Daily and discuss performance and responsiveness as a feature, the competing tablet landscape, the sales of the Verizon iPhone, and the worst instant-coffee product ever devised.

Dan and Marco discuss adopting the userbase's de facto use-cases in your products, the downsides of open-floor-plan offices, and the cycles of motivation and productivity that many creative professionals face throughout the day.